Jethro Counsels Moses: BIBLE, New American Standard Bible == BIBLE-CENTRE

Exodus, Chapter 18, verses 17-27

¹⁷ Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “The thing that you are doing is not good. ¹⁸ You will surely wear out, both yourself and^mthese people who are with you, for theⁿtask is too heavy for you; you cannot do it alone. ¹⁹ Now listen to^ome: I will give you counsel, and God be with you.^pYou be the people’s representative before God, and you bring the^qdisputes to God, ²⁰ then teach them the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they are to walk and the work they are to do. ²¹ Furthermore, you shall^rselect out of all the people able men who fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain; and you shall place these over them as leaders of thousands,^sof hundreds,^tof fifties and^uof tens. ²² Let them judge the people at all times; and let it be that every major^vdispute they will bring to you, but every minor^wdispute they themselves will judge. So it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you. ²³ If you do this thing and God so commands you, then you will be able to^xendure, and all^ythese people also will go to^ztheir place in peace.”

²⁴ So Moses listened^aato his father-in-law and did all that he had said. ²⁵ Moses chose able men out of all Israel and made them heads over the people, leaders of thousands,^abof hundreds,^acof fifties and^adof tens. ²⁶ They judged the people at all times; the difficult^aedispute they would bring to Moses, but every minor^afdispute they themselves would judge. ²⁷ Then Moses^agbade his father-in-law farewell, and he went his way into his own land.


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